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[Photograph 2012.201.B0982.0465]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Warden Jerome J. Waters (upper photo) was bound and held prisoner at knife point for 45 Minutes at McAlester prison Wednesday by two lifers who made an unsuccessful attempt to escape."
Date: November 19, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1420.0493]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Choirs and their directors will be coming from 10 or a dozen Oklahoma cities, to join the eleventh annual choir festival sponsored by the Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs in Grand Avenue Methodist church in this city next Sunday, April 20."
Date: March 5, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0226]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Edward Leon "Pete" Williams slated to die in the electric chair April 4 for the kidnaping of a young Tulsa ministerial student, took another step toward death Tuesday when he was denied a federal court writ of habeas corpus."
Date: March 22, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0103]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FOR LABOR COMMISSIONER - Joe White, McAlester, left, opposes Jim Hughes, labor commissioner, for the Democratic nomination for labor commissioner. White, 48, is a garage owner at McASLESTER."
Date: 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0085]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Sharon Young, whose husband Al, is serving a one-year sentence for second degree burglary, began last month in her efforts to organize a regular schedule of visits to the penitentiary for women who cannot afford the expense of the trip on their own."
Date: March 10, 1972
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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